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Francis Danby, 1793–1861, Irish, Study for 'Calypso's Grotto', ca. 1843
- Title:
Study for 'Calypso's Grotto'
- Date:
- ca. 1843
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions:
- 5 x 7 1/2 inches (12.7 x 19.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed, lower left: "F. Danby"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.199
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1981.25.199FR
- Subject Terms:
- arch | beach | cave | grotto | landscape | mythology | nude | ocean | religious and mythological subject | rocks (landforms) | shore (landform) | study (visual work) | sunset | water | woman
- Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:709
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Art in Focus : The British Castle - A Symbol in Stone (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-04-07 - 2017-08-06) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
An exhibition of "small pictures for small rooms" No. II : A collection of cabinet pictures by old masters ranging from the 15th to the 19th centuries, Thos. Agnew & Sons, London, 1966, p. 22, lot 67, DealerCat Thos. Agnew (YCBA) [YCBA]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 78-79, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
The British Castle : A Symbol in Stone, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2017, p. 32, cat. 28, V2722 [ORBIS]
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